Laundry bin



June 18, 1929. A F, HANNEY 1,717,705

LAUNDRY BIN Filed Jan. 6, 1926 Patented June 18, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT oi-i-iciazyl ANGUS F. HANNEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR T0 GAMMELL-HANNEY MANU- FACTURING CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LAUNDRY BIN.

Application filed January My invention relates to improvements inlaundry bins and has for its object the p rovision of a simple andei'fective construction ot this character especially adapted tor use inconjunction with laundry sorting machines.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

rlhe invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will kbe best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a partial front view cfa laundry bin arrangement embodying theinvention; and n Fig. 2 is a section taken substantially on line 2-2 ofFig. 1.

The preferred form of construction as il lnstrated in the drawingscomprises a suitable trame member provided with tour ditierent sets ofcompartments 3 therein. u 'Ihe compartments 3 are formed by providingfour radiating partitions I separated longitudinally by transversepartitions 4. Stop. boards 5 are arranged at the outerends oi: each otthe partitions 4t thus providing in each longitudinal division l'ourinterchange able compartments arranged at right angles to each. other.The frame member thus formed is provided at its ends with supportingtrunnions 6 and 7, the trunnion 6 carrying a Worin wheel 8 meshing witha worin 9 on a crank shaftl() mounted on a suitable bea-ring 11 on atable 12 adjacent said trame and whereby said frame may be rotated asdesired. The compartment trame is set so that one set of thecompartments 23 will receive the laundried articles 18 discharged from asorting machine 14 indicated diagrammatically in the drawings.

The arrangement is such that when one batch of laundry has been sortedand deliv ered to one set of compartments 3 the trame member may berotated to bring the filled set of compartments to delivery position ad-6, 1926. Serial No. 79,691.

jacent the table 12 so that said discharged articles may be readilyremoved while another set of compartments is receiving the sortedarticles from the machine. Thus the machine may be employed practicallycontinuously without stopping the same for the removal of laundriedarticles.

lVliile I have illustrated and described the preferred form otconstruction for carrying my invention into eiiect, this ris capable ol"variation and modiiication without departing from the spiritv oftheinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, ybut desire to avail myself of suchvariations and' inodiications as come within the scope ot the appendedclaim.

Having described my invention, whaty I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

The herein described transfer binstructure, comprising four longitudinalsets of peripherally opened, right angularly dis- F posed, box-likecompartments rotatable about a common horizontal axis, said compartmentsbeing formed by four base walls extending diametrioally through saidaxisy and at right angles t0 eachother, angular peripheral walls at ythekends ot said base walls, transverse partitions connecting said basewalls and said end Walls, thereby com pleting and separating therespective compartments of each set, said end walls being of a depthless than the depth ot thebase Walls, and the peripheral edges of saidytransverse partitions sloping between they outer edge portions of saidbase andy end walls, the ysaid basek walls being horizontal andaffording work supports in the receiving and discharging positions ofthe respective compartments, and in the one or the other workingposition, said compartments being open throughout the top or sidethereof, as the case may be. y

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. y

ANGUS y(F. HANNEY.

